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Random Facts To Drop Into Conversation
100

This is where William Shakespeare was born more than 400 years ago.

What is Stratford-Upon-Avon, England?

100

This was Shakespeare's first occupation.

What is an actor? 

100
This was the name of the theater that Shakespeare founded in Londen.

What is the Globe Theater?

100
He was a master of this difficult type of verse.

What is iambic pentameter? 

100

This Disney movie is based on Hamlet, though most people do not recognize the references.

What is The Lion King?  

200

His wife's name is the same this famous living actress.

What is Anne Hathaway? 

200

The philosopher that, according to persistent rumors, is actually the author of most of plays attributed to Shakespeare. 

Who was Francis Bacon? 

200

This monarch famously invited Shakespeare and his company to perform for the court?

Who is Queen Elizabeth I?

200

The genres of plays that Shakespeare wrote. 

What are comedies, tragedies, and histories? 

200

This musical is Romeo and Juliet set among gangs in New York. 

What is West Side Story

300

He infamously left this to his wife in his will.

What is his second-best bed?

300

The most produced play of all time. 

What is Romeo and Juliet

300

Shakespeare is credited with creating this many words in the English language. 

What is more than 1,700? 

300

A strategy game named after a Shakespearian character. 

What is Othello? 

300

This medieval pandemic closed Shakespeare's theatre twice in his lifetime. 

What is the bubonic plague? 

400

The number of children Shakespeare had. 

What is 1? 

400

The country where Romeo and Juliet takes place. 

What is Italy? 

400

The number of plays that are attributed to Shakespeare. 

What is 38? 

400

Shakespeare's nickname. 

What is the Bard of Avon?

400

The name of Shakespeare's performing troupe. 

What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men? 

500

The river for which the birth and deathplace of Shakespeare is named. 

What is the Avon? 

500
"To be or not to be" is a famous quote from this play. 

What is Hamlet

500

The number of poems that Shakespeare published. 

What is 154? 

500

The flower that completes this quote: 

A _____ by any other name would smell as sweet.

What is a rose? 

500

This play is rumored to be cursed. 

What is Macbeth

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